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Lawyers lose $242K in fees in ADA case as court rules they weren't 'prevailing party'
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – Disabilities lawyers are out of luck after a California appeals court found they aren’t entitled to the hundreds of thousands of dollars they requested in a lawsuit against a Rio Nido restaurant.
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Lawyers commence jostling for control of shareholder case against Bayer over Roundup
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – Class action lawyers are lining up to take another shot at Bayer AG, with major securities firms asking to be in charge of litigation on behalf of investors in the company.
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Ninth Circuit OKs $6,700-an-hour attorneys fees over furious dissent in class action
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - A panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has approved attorneys fees in a class action over Bank of America overdraft charges that amounts to more than $6,700 an hour, rejecting the objections of a dissenting judge and attorneys general of seven states who said the court failed to consider how much work lawyers put into the case or what the settlement was really worth.
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Study: California legal profession doesn't reflect state's diversity
California’s legal profession doesn’t reflect the diversity of the state, a new study by the State Bar shows.
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State law school deans push for lower bar exam standard to be made retroactive
The California Supreme Court has lowered the passing score for the state bar exam and will administer the test this fall online as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Lawyer who told client 'I'm done' faces $300K malpractice ruling
FRESNO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – A lawyer will stay on the hook for a $300,000 malpractice verdict after walking out on a client who was unhappy with the way settlement talks in a divorce were going.
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Judge: Class action lawyers tested chocolates in a lab, then picked wrong plaintiffs to sue Hershey
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – Class action lawyers recruited the wrong people to use as lead plaintiffs in their lawsuit against Hershey and won’t be able to fix that problem.
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Gov. Newsom's 14 new trial judges include deputy district attorney and employment attorney
Gov. Newsom announces his first trial appointments for 2020
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Lawyer ads in 2020 are talking less about Roundup, more about coronavirus
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – Personal injury lawyers cut their spending on Roundup advertising by more than half in the first two months of 2020.
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Judge rejects motion from Uber and Postmates to halt AB 5
LOS ANGELES – A federal judge in California has shot down an early attempt by Uber Technologies Inc. and Postmates Inc. to pause a new state law that re-classifies many contract workers as employees entitled to benefits.
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Sun City Lincoln Hills sued over allegations of discrimination against hearing-impaired residents
SACRAMENTO – Sun City Lincoln Hills, a Sacramento-area development for those 55 and older, is facing a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by two residents who allege the community association has discriminated against them by failing to provide devices and services at its board meetings, theater and elsewhere to help individuals with hearing loss.
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Attorneys to net $30 million in Yahoo data breach settlement; Small amounts to millions of class members possible
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Attorneys can expect a $30 million payday once the dust finally settles in Yahoo's $117.5 million settlement of a data breach class action, approved by a federal judge in California last summer.
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Judge issues injunction against controversial anti-arbitration bill
SACRAMENTO – U.S. District Judge Kimberly Mueller earlier on Friday issued a preliminary injunction on Assembly Bill 51, according to the clerk's office of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, adding that the court will release further details explaining the decision in coming days.
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Supreme Court Justice Chin announces retirement; Newsom expected to shift state further left in successor
SAN FRANCISCO – California Supreme Court Justice Ming W. Chin announced his retirement on Jan. 15, potentially shifting the state’s judicial landscape further left as Gov. Gavin Newsom now prepares to make his pick to replace the court’s longest-sitting member.
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Harvard Law's Exxon protestors could have trouble getting jobs at large law firms
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - Harvard University law students protesting against a firm that represents Exxon are unlikely to be hired by any large practice if they are picking and choosing which clients to work for, according to one lawyer who argues she would never hire them.
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State bar 'encouraged' by Supreme Court order to reconsider ethics claims against SF attorney
SAN FRANCISCO – The California Supreme Court wants a state bar review panel to rethink its last summer ruling that a San Francisco attorney shouldn't be disbarred over an alleged schemed to defraud a 90-year-old client to set up a construction company.
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Judge boots 'slick' and foul-mouthed attorney from insurance dispute; Wright: 'this profession does not need you'
Tensions between opposing counsel in court battles are expected and natural.
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Two more Roundup trials postponed as rumors of a global settlement continue to swirl
OAKLAND – Two more Roundup trials were suspended last week as more reports have suggested a potential global settlement in the thousands of Bayer AG/Monsanto Roundup cancer lawsuits pending throughout the country. The pharmaceutical giant, however, remains mum on any such settlement talks.
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STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA: Bar Releases July 2019 Bar Exam Results
Today the State Bar of California released the results of the July 2019 California Bar Exam,
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Searching for answers, San Francisco looks even further left in new district attorney-elect
SAN FRANCISCO – The city by the bay has steadily lost its some ambiance over the past decades, particularly due to the high-priced housing market, an increase in the homeless population, and an abundance of drugs, particularly heroin, flooding the streets. In searching for answers, the notoriously liberal city has looked even further left in its new District Attorney-elect Chesa Boudin.